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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Honestly I have never had a single (white) friend or colleague mention to me that they are considering a move to Shepherd Park. Maybe it's just who I know and I don't know why that is or what to make of it, but at least among the non-black people I know it is not considered. So that's the second half of the answer to your question, no, I don't think that Shepherd's IB population will become much less black anytime soon. [/quote]

It's just you. Really.  I know three families who've moved there in the last four years - all white.

You also have to take into consideration that WOTP housing stock is scarce and getting more so every year.  Add boundary changes to the equation and it's not too far off to believe that people who are looking for a yard and a path to Deal will be looking in Shepherd Park.

What's mysterious to me is why PP and others seem offended by the possibility that more white parents would send their kids to a school that's doing pretty well by almost every measure.  This aversion to people who drive from a different neighborhood is non-existent at HRCS.  But mention an OOB population greater than 25% at a DCPS and all these bad-mouthers - who've never spent any time at the school in question - get busy at the keyboard.

I mean, you're not going to attend the school, so why do you even care enough to post about it?[/quote]

I followed up with the census information. It is not just me. Yes, there is a slow demographic change in Shepherd park but no, there is not a rapid change that will significantly affect the school composition as there has been in other neighborhoods. SP appears to have a long-standing character that is slow to change, in contrast to Bloomingdale for example, which had a long standing character but then suddenly changed. Why this difference between neighborhoods? This is complicated I am sure, and above my pay grade, but I think my answer to OP's &lt;&lt;&lt;actual question&gt;&gt;&gt; was fair.

If you don't care about the racial composition of this or any school, or you prefer that this thread focus more on the quality of education at Shepherd, that's fine, but that's a departure from OP's question. And if you predict that SP will change more rapidly, as you seem to, then you are entitled to your opinion. I doubt it personally, but I've been wrong before.

One thing I did not do was express any opinion on whether IB/OOB (or black/white!) was desirable. You inferred that, or you are getting it from the posts of other people. The post you quoted was my first in this thread.

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